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HEAD-QUARTERS  ARMY  OF  TENNESSEE, ) 
Daltox,  Ga.,  Dec.  2d,  1S63.      j 

General  Orders  No.  214. 

Upon  renewed  application  to  the  President,  his  consent  has 
been  obtained  for  the  relinquishment  of  the  command  of  this 
Army.     It  is  accordingly  transferred  to  Lieut.  Gen.  Hardee. 

The  announcement  of  this  separation  is  made  with  unfeigned 
regret.  The  associations  of  more  than  two  years  which  bind  to- 
gether a  Commander  and  his  trusted  troops,  cannot  be  severed 
without  deep  emotion.  A  common  cause  and  dangers  shared  on 
the  many  hard-fought  fields  from  Pensacola  to  Ohickamauga 
have  cemented  bonds  which  time  even  can  never  impair. 

The  circun stances  which  render  this  step  proper  will  be  ap- 
preciated, ho  'ever,  by  every  good  soldier  and  true  patriot,  and 
the  last  appeal  the  General  has  to  make  to  the  gallant  army 
which  has  so  long  and  so  nobly  sustained  him,  is  to  give  to  his 
successor  that  cordial  and  generous  support  so  essential  to  the 
success  of  our  arms.  In  that  successor  you  have  a  veteran  whose 
brilliant  reputation  you  have  aided  to  achieve.  He  cannot  fail, 
if  properly  sustained,  to  fill  the  measure  of  our  country's  expec- 
tations. 

To  the  officers  of  my  general  stall',  who  have  so  long,  so  zeal- 
ously, and  so  successfully  struggled  against  serious  difficulties  in 
support  of  the  Army  and  myself,  is  due,  in  a  great  degree,  what 
little  of  success  and  fame  we  have  achieved.  In  bidding  them 
and  the  Army  an  affectionate  farewell,  they  have  the  blessing 
and  the  prayers  of  a  grateful  friend. 

BRAXTON  BRAGG, 
W  General,  C.  S.  A. 

Official. 

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